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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Citrullus lanatus (Cucurbitaceae)

Common Names
Watermelon
How this plant is used
Food

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List of plant chemicals.
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Chemical Name Activity Count Plant Part Low Parts Per Million High Parts Per Million Standard Deviation Reference
GERANIOL 35 Fruit Juice *
GERANYL-ACETONE 2 Fruit Juice *
GLOBULIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Fruit 7420.0 -0.45 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUTAMIC-ACID 8 Seed 53000.0 0.48 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GLUTELIN 0 Seed ANON. 1948-1976. The Wealth of India raw materials. Publications and Information Directorate, CSIR, New Delhi. 11 volumes.
GLYCINE 12 Fruit 1178.0 -0.94 Leung, A. Y. and Foster, S. 1995. Encyclopedia of Common Natural Ingredients 2nd Ed. John Wiley & Sons, New York. 649 pp.
GRAMISTEROL 0 Seed *
HENTRIACONTANE 0 Fruit *
HEPT-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPT-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-CIS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPTA-TRANS-2-TRANS-4-DIEN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEPTAN-2-ONE 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-CIS-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-TRANS-2-EN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEX-TRANS-2-ENAL 0 Fruit *
HEX-TRANS-3-EN-1-OL 0 Fruit Juice *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit *
HEXAN-1-AL 0 Fruit Juice *
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Activity Chemical Count Reference
Gonadotrophic 1 Malini, T. and Vanithakumari, G. 1989. Rat Toxicity Studies With B-Sitosterol. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 28: 221-234, 1990.
Hematopoietic 2 Merck 11th Edition
Hemolytic 1 Bisset, N.G., ed. 1994. Herbal Drugs and Phytopharmaceuticals. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 566 pp.
Hemostat 2 *
Hepatocarcinogenic 1 *
Hepatomagenic 1 Phenolic Compounds in Food and Their Effects on Health. Antioxidants & Cancer Prevention. Huang, M.T., Ho, C.T. and Lee, C.Y. eds. 1992. ACS Symposium Series 507.ACS, Washington 402 pp.
Hepatoprotective 6 *
Hepatotoxic 2 Martindale's 29th
Hepatotropic 1 *
Herbicide 3 *
Histamine-Inhibitor 1 *
Hypercholesterolemic 3 Spiller, G. A. 1996 (Spiller, G. A. Ed. 1996. CRC Handbook of Lipids in Human Nutrition. CRC Press. Boca Raton, FL. 233 pp.)
Hypertensive 3 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypnotic 3 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoammonemic 1 Jeffery B. Harborne and H. Baxter, eds. 1983. Phytochemical Dictionary. A Handbook of Bioactive Compounds from Plants. Taylor & Frost, London. 791 pp.
Hypoarginanemic 1 Martindale's 29th
Hypocalcemic 1 Borchard, R. E., Barnes, C. D., and Eltherton, L. G. 1991. Drug Dosage in Laboratory Animals: A Handbook. (3rd Ed.) The Telford Press, Inc., P. O. Box 287, Caldwell NJ 07006.
Hypocholesterolemic 17 Davies, S., and Stewart, A. 1990. Nutritional Medicine. Avon Books, New York. 509pp.
Hypoglycemic 6 Ivorra, M.D., Paya, M., and Villar, A. 1989. A Review of Natural Products and Plants as Potential Antidiabetic Drugs. Journal of Ethnopharmacology, 27: 243-275, 1989.
Hypolipidemic 2 *